Weighing and measuring machine.



`Patented Dec. l2, |899.

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S. P. MACKEY.

WEIGHING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

(Application led Oct. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

No. 639,074. Patented Dec. I2, |899. S. P. MACKEY.

WEIGHING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

(Application led Oct. 8, 1898,)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL PAXTON MACKEY, OF RIDGEFIELD, `WASHINGTON.

WEIGHING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,074, datedDeceniber 12, 1899.

Application filed October 8, 1898. Serial No. 693,020. (No model.)

To all wtont it may coloca/n.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL PAXroN MACKEXQof Ridgeeld,in the county of Clarke and State of lVashington, have invented a new and Improved Weighing and Measuring Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an apparatus for measuring and delivering a certain quantity of liquid, to which end the apparatus comprises a rocking tank having an outlet-valve actuated by the rocking movement of the tank and operating with certain mechanism for restoring the tank to upright position after the rocking thereof and for controlling the supply of liquid to the tank.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter 'fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the machine, taken practically on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2, illustrating the receptacle and mechanism controlling the same in side elevation and the coin-chute in section, the mechanism for operating the receptacle being in initial position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, parts being broken away to disclose the receptacle and connections, the balancebeam, however, being omitted, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the body of the machine, illustrating the weighing and measuring receptacle and connected parts in plan view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the weighing and measuring receptacle and connected parts, said receptacle and connected parts being in the second or-intermediate position. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. a, illustrati ing the position that the parts assume just previous to the receptacle receiving its quota of liquid. Fig. Gis a detail sectional view of the outletwalve. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the coin-receiving wheel; and Fig. 8 is a detail view with parts in section, illustrating the receptacle and showing parts coacting therewith.

A represents a casing which maybe of any the casing is of rectangular form, and such form is usually employed. The casing is provided with a partition 10, which separates it into two compartments a and a, the compartment a being adapted to contain the mechanism and the compartment a' the refrigerating material, if such material is to be employed. At the front lower portion of the casing A. or body of the device a chamber a2 is formed by means of a suitable vertical and horizontal partition, as shown particularly in Fig. l, which chamber extends ordinarily from side to side of the body, and at the central portion of the front of the body an opening 11 is made, leading into the chamber c2, in which chamber the receptacle is placed that is adapted to receive the liquid from the weighing and measuring device, the recep tacle being introduced into the chamber through the aforesaid opening ll. Just above the chamber a2, at the top, a pan or like device 12 is supported, which pan or other receptacle employed is provided with a spout '13, and said spout is preferably carried through the partition 10, as shown in Fig. 2, and downward through the upper wall of the chamber a2.

A platform 14.- is located within the compartment a, and the said platform is preferably supported upon the upper surface of the chamber a2, as shown in Fig. 1. This platform 14z serves to support the casing B, as shown particularly in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and consists of a back section 15 and side sections 16, which are usually curved at their upper edges and extend practically from the bottom portion of the casing B to a point near the center. The pivot 17 for the receptacle C is placed near the center of the balance of the said receptacle at the bottom and is journaled in the sides 1G of the casing BJ At one end of the pivot 17 a balance-beam 18 is secured, the said balance-beam being preferably provided with an` extension 19 at its forward end, which extension is directed inward, closely approaching the receptacle C, and serves,

. practically, as a guide therefor, (see Figs. 3

and 8,) while at the opposite end of the balance-beam a weight 2O is adj ustably placed, through the medium of which the amount of liquid that is to be received in the receptacle C is regulated.

a essere At the upper portion of the receptacle C, near the rear, a link 2l is pivotally attached, which link is connected with a second link 22, the second link 22 being adapted to extend beyond the rear portion ot' the casing B, and the rear section ot' the link 22 is provided 'with a stirrup 22, The stirrup-link 22 is pivoted upon a lip 23, which extends from the back of the casing near the tcp, as shown in Figs. l, 4, and 5. A. pin 211 is located upon the receptacle C just above the side 16 of its supporting-casing, at wh ich the balan ce-beam 1S is located, as shown in Figs. 4E and 5, and adjacent to the pin 24 a stationary pin 24.- is located upon the back of the easin g B and off the receptacle C, the pin 24 being above the aforesaid pin 24, and the location of these two pins is distinctly shown in Figs. 4- and 5.

At the bottom front portion of the receptacle C an outlet-valve D islocated in an extension 26 from the said casing, as shown in Fig. 6. This valve D consists of a key of tapering or conical shape, which is mounted to transversely turn in the aforesaid extension 26, being held in proper position by a retaining-screw 27. The plug or key ot1 the valve D is provided at or near its center with an opening 2S, which corresponds to the outlet-opening of the receptacle C, and at one end of the plug or key of the valve D, as is also shown in Fig. 6, a mutilated gear 20 is loosely mounted, and on the said plug or key of the valve, outside of the mutilated gear, a disk 30 is securely fastened, which disk is provided with extensions at its upper edge, the said extensions being spaced a predetermined distance apart, as is shown particularly in Fig. l, these extensions 32 being in the nature of horns. A pin Si is attached to the mutilated gear 29, and this pin is made to enter the space between the horns of the disk 30. Therefore when the mutilated gear is given a rocking motion the pin 3l will move in the said space between the horns 32 and will strike either one or the other ofthe horns, according to the direction in which the mutilated gear is given movement, and will open or close the aforesaid plug of the valve D. Such movementis communicated tothe valve D by attaching a plate 33 to the easing B at one of its sides, the said plate, for which may be substituted a bar, being provided with teeth adapted to mesh with the teeth of the mutilated gear, as shown in Fig. l.

The apparatus may be actuated by a coincontrolledmechanism F,such as a wheel which is provided with peripheral teeth S-t of a ratchet formation, the inclination of all the teeth being in the same direction; but at a point in the periphery of the said wheel the inclined teeth are interrupted and in their place a single tooth is formed, as shown in Fig. 7, w iich tooth 35 is provided with a convexly-eurved outer edge and inwardlyinclined edges. The coin-receiving wheel E is further provided with a flange 30, which is located near the margin of the wheel and at the base of the teeth thereof; but the said flange is interrupted at each side ot' the tooth 235 and at each end of the ilange a partition 3S is produced, the partitions being made to converge their inner ends, and the space between the partitions forms a pocket, which pocket is completed by a cross-bar 37. (Shown broken away in Fig. 7.)

A hammer 39 is pivotally attached to the cross-bar 37,the said hammer beingprovided with an attached spring 40,which extends beyond the teeth ofthe coin-receiving wheel,and the coin-receiving wheel is further provided with astudor pin lll, located within the flange 3G ata point nearly opposite the tooth 35, and the wheel is further provided with a small pin or stud 42 at the same face, adapted to limit the outward movement ot' the hammer 39, as is also shown in Fig. 7.

The coin-receiving wheel is pivoted in a casing 3, located at the corner of the main casing A, the said coin-operating wheel being secured upon a spindle te, which extends through the casing Il to the rear face of the main casing A, as shown in Fig. 3, and at the outer or rear end of the spindle t4 a crankarm t5 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, as is also best shown in Fig. 3.

The coin adapted to be received by the pocket of the wheel E is shown in its initial position in Fig. l, having been delivered to the pocket of the said wheel through a chute 47, and the said chute is preferably curved between its ends, so as to prevent a wire or like object from being introduced into the chute to control the movement of the ceilireceiving wheel. rlhe inclined teeth 8-1- of the coin-receiving wheel are normally engaged by a spring-controlled pawl 49, and the said pawl permits the wheel to be turned in one direction only.

Liquid is introduced into the receptacle C through the medium of a pipe 50, which is adapted to receive a coil at its lower end, located in the refrigerating compartmentot' the main casing A and connected with a source of liquid-siijiiply, and the said pipe or tube 50 is made to extend downward within the receptacle C in such manner as not to interfere with the rocking movement ot' the receptacle upon its pivot 17, as shown in Fig. l. The end of the tube or pipe 50 that is located in the receptacle G is closed by a disk 5l, and openings 52 are provided adjacent to the said disk, so that the liquid supplied tothe receptacle C will not impinge on the bottom of the said receptacle, but will be spread out through the delivery-tube in such manner as not to exert influence upon the receptacle in a direction that would tend to cause the receptacle to have forward or rearward movement.

A valve 5b of any approved construction is located in the upper portion of the delivery tube or pipe 50, and upon the stem of the said valve an arm 5i is loosely fulcrumed, I[he rear end of the arm being heavier than its forward end, and the forward end of the ICO IIO

arm 54 is adapted to enter the stirrup-seetion 22 of the links 2l and 22, connected with the said receptacle, the said links being adapted to limit the movement of the receptacle C either in dumping or when carried to a receiving position.

An angle arm or lever 55 is securely fastened to the stern of the valve 53 at that end at which the weighted arm 54 is located, and the angle arm or lever 55 at its rear extremity is provided with a pin 5G, while a weight 57 is att-ached to its opposite end, as shown in Figs. l, 4, and 5.

The weighted arm 54 is provided with a shank or extension 5S, and upon the said shank or extension a pawl 59 is pivoted, having its upper forward surface curved, and the said pawl is, furthermore, provided with a recess GO in its under face, the movement of the pawl beinglimited by a pin 6l, adapted to travel in an opening G2 in the upper portion of said pawl, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The recess in the lower portion of the pawl 59 is adapted to receive the pin 5G, attached to the angle arm or lever 55, as shown in Fig. 4, and the pawl is adapted to be disengaged from the said pin 56 when the upper forward edge of the said pawl engages with the pin or stud 24 on the casing B of the receptacle C.

A second pawl G3 is pivotally attached to the rear lower end portion of the angle lever or arm 55, and the said pawl 63, which is in the nature of a latch, is provided with a head that is adapted to hook upon the pin or stud 24a, attached to the casing B, as shown in Fig. 5, and when the receptacle C is carried to a tilting position the latch-pawl G3 is carried upward and away from the pin or stud 24, attached to said receptacle, engaging with the under surface of the head of the lock or latch-pawl. The pawl 59 is provided with a guide-section 64 at its lower rear or free end, said guide 64 serving to prevent the pawl 59 from being carried out of operative engagement with the angle-arm 55.

The parts having been properly assembled, the coin-receivin g wheel and regulating mechanism being shown in position in Fig. 1, whenever a coin of proper denomination is dropped into the chute 47 the coin will be directed into the pocket of the coin-receiving wheel E, as shown in Fig. l. Vthen the coin reaches such a position by turning the crank-arm 45, the 'coin will cause the spring-pawl 49 to rise over and beyond the tooth 35 and engage with the other regularly-inclined teeth 34. At the same time that the coin-receiving wheel is rotated the pin or stud 4l of the said wheel will raise the weighted arm 54 to the position shown in Fig. 4, causing the forward end of the arm 54 to extend downwardly and rearwardly in direction of the stirrup portion of the link 22, causing the two links 2l and 22 to assume a more or less acute angular position and likewise causing the receptacle C to be restored to a vertical position. The moment that the weighted arm 54 is released from the stud 4l the arm at its weighted end will drop downward, and as the pawl 59, attached to the shank 5S of said weighted arm, is at this time in engagement with the pin 56 of the angle-lever 55 such lever at its rear end will be carried forwardly, and thus open the valve and permit liquid to be introduced into the receptacle C. At this stage in the operation of the device the latchpawl 63 will be carried to an engagement with the stud or pin 24, while at the same time the said pin or stud 24 will press the lower end of thelocking-pawl59 downward, releasing the angle-arm 55 from said pawl,as shown in Fig. rlhe liquid will now run freely into the receptacle C, and when the proper quantity of liquid has been received by said receptacle it will incline forwardly, especially at its upper end, and when the receptacle has received all the material to be delivered thereto said receptacle C will drop in a downwardly and forwardly direction, causing the pin or stud 24 to raise or elevate the latch-pawl G3, and the downward movement of the receptacle also operates the lower valve and permits the liquid to escape therefrom into a vessel placed to receive it.

The outlet-valve, as above stated, is opened by the action of the measuring and weighing receptacle C dropping to a forward position.

ln order to check the receptacle and prevent it from dropping violently back when set te receive liquid, a cushion of any kind may be provided-as, for example, a hollow ball 70, having an air-veut therein, may be secured to the casing B to be engaged by an arm 7l, projected from the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and like provision may be made for the scale-beam 1S.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of a tilting liquid-receptacle, a valve commanding the outlet thereof, a gear-wheel mounted loosely on the stem of the valve, a disk fast to t-he stem of the valve and having two horns, a pin attached to the gear-wheel and bearing between the horns, to turn the disk and operate the valve, anda toothed plate engaging the gearwheel and held stationary off the receptacle.

2. The combination of a tilting liquid-receptacle, a pipe supplying the liquid thereto, a valve commanding the pipe, an angle-arm in connection with the valve to actuate the same, a weight attached to one end of the anglearm, a pawl carried on the other end thereof, a stationary pin engaged by the pawl and adapted to lock the same, a pin carried on the liquid-receptacle and adapted to engage the pawl, to release the same from the stationary pin, a swinging arm, means for actuating the arm, a pawl carried by the swinging arm and adapted to periodically engage the angle-arm, to move the same, and means in connection witlrthe receptacle en- IOO gaged by the said swinging arm, to move the receptacle.

3. The combination of a tilting receptacle, a valve commanding the feed thereto, an arm connected with the valve to operate the same, a pawl eonneeted with the arm, a stationary element engaged by the pawl to hold the arm, a pin carried on the reeeptaele and engaging the pawl, to trip the same and release the arm, a swinging arm, a paWl earried thereby and adapted to engage the arm oi' the valve to move the valve-a1'n1,and means actuated by the swinging arm for returning the tilting reeeptaele.

t. The combination of a swinging arm, means for operating the arm, a tiltingreeeptaele, a connection between the arm and the receptacle to return the receptacle, a valve commanding the feed to the receptacle, an arm in connection with the valve to operate the same, a pawl earried by the swinging arm and adapted to engage the valve-arm, to throw the valve-arm, a paWl in connection with the valve-arm, a stationary member engaged by the pawl to hold the valve-arm, and a pin carried by the receptacle and engaging the pawl of the valve-arm, to trip the same.

5. The Combination of a tilting receptacle, a swinging arm7 means for operating the sam e, a Connection between the swinging arm and the receptacle to return the receptacle, a valve commanding the feed to the receptacle, an arm in eonneetion with the valve to move the same, a pawl carried by the swinging arm and engaging the valve-arm to move the valve-arm7 a pawl carried by the valve-arm, and a stationary member With which the pawl of the valve-arm engages to hold the valvearm, the paWl of the valve-arm being tripped by the movement of the receptacle.

G. The combination with a stationary support7 et' a tilting receptacle, a swinging arm, a link pivoted on the support and adapted to be engaged by the swinging arm, a link oonneeted with the lirst link and with the receptaele, by which links to return the receptacle, a valve commanding the inlet to the receptaele, an arm in connection with the valve, a paWl carried by the swinging arm and adapted to engage the valve-arm, to move the latter, and a pavvl carried by the valve-arm and adapted to engage a part 01": the support, to hold the valve-arm, the pawl of the valvearm being tripped by the movement of the receptacle.

7. The combination with a support, el a swinging arm, means foroperating the sWinging arm7 a tilting reeeptable7 a connection be'- tween the swinging arm and the tilting reeeptaele, to rest-ore the tilting receptacle, a valve Commanding the inlet tothe tilting receptacle, an arm in connection with the valve, a pawl Carried by the swinging arm and engaging the valve-arm to move the valve-arm, and a paWl carried by the valve-arm and adapted to leek with a part of the support to hold the valve, the pawl being tripped by the movement of the receptacle.

S. The Combination of a tilting receptacle, a swinging arm, means for operating the same, a Connection between the swinging arm and the receptacle to return the receptacle, a valve commanding the inlet to the receptacle, a pawl Carried by the swinging arm and adapted to engage the valve-arm, to move the same, and means for holding the valve-arm, sueh means being releasable by the movement of the receptaole.

9. The combination of a tilting receptacle, a valve commanding the same, and gearing for operating the valve, one part of the gearing being in connection with the valve and the other part of the gearing being mounted stationary with reference to the receptacle.

l0. The eombination With a support, of a tilting receptacle, a valve Controlling the inlet thereto, an arm in connection with the valve and adapted to have connection with the support to hold the valve in open position7 a Weighted arm having Connection with the receptacle to return the receptacle, and a eonneetion between the Weighted arm and the arm of the valve, to throw the valve to open position.

SAMUEL PAXTON MACKEY. litnesses:

A. H. WITHINGTON, WALLACE MCOAMANT. 

